New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1902, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Comments Off Mountville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Mountville, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Comments Off Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Since the town is named for the ship Mount Joy, residents will be quick to point out that their town name should never be abbreviated to “Mt. Joy.”
Comments Off Monongahela City, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Monongahela, Pennsylvania in 1902, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Comments Off Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Millersville, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
The First Pennsylvania State Normal School (now Millersville University) is in the foreground.
Comments Off Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Mifflintown, Pennsylvania in 1895, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map.
Comments Off Mechanicsburg, PA
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania in 1903, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
An index to churches and other major features of the town is found below the map. Illustrations of major buildings and features line the outside of the town view.
Comments Off Kittanning, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Kittanning, Pennsylvania in 1896, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off View of Harrisburg, Penn.
Colorful panoramic bird’s-eye view of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1855, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Illustrations of major buildings surround the portrait.
A note along the bottom states that the city portrait was “drawn on stone from nature and the daguerreotype by J.T. Williams.” Typically for a view like this the city would have been drawn from nature, with the buildings drawn from the photographs (daguerreotypes).
Among the illustrations lining the map are two showing the Pennsylvania State House and State Senate chambers. This building was destroyed by fire in 1897, and replaced by the current state capitol building.
Comments Off Bird’s Eye View of the City of Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Colorful panoramic bird’s-eye view of Erie, Pennsylvania in 1870, showing buildings, wharfs, streets, and surrounding area. The indexes along the bottom of the sheet indicate the locations of churches, industrial facilities, schools, and other major buildings.
Comments Off View of Ephrata, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Ephrata, Pennsylvania in 1887, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The indexes along the bottom of the sheet indicate the locations of churches, industrial facilities, schools, and other major buildings. Illustrations of major buildings and residences in the town line the outside of the portrait.
Some illustrations along the top are missing from this sheet.
Comments Off Downingtown, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1893, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The indexes along the bottom of the sheet indicate the locations of churches, industrial facilities, schools, and other major buildings.
Comments Off Columbia, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Columbia, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The indexes along the bottom of the sheet indicate the locations of churches, industrial facilities, schools, and other major buildings.
An inset shows “East Columbia” with some of the large houses along Manor Street at the time.
Comments Off Chambersburg, Pennsylvania: Burned by Rebel Cavalry July 30, 1864
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania in 1894, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The indexes along the bottom of the sheet indicate the locations of churches, industrial facilities, schools, and other major buildings.
Comments Off California, Washington County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of California, Pennsylvania in 1902, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. The Monongahela River flows on one side of the town, with coal barges and other boats plying the river, illustrating the prominent nature of the coal mines in the area at the time.
Comments Off Bethlehem and South Bethlehem, PA., Looking Northeast
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1877, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Unlike the panoramic town drawings by Thomas Fowler, this illustration lacks street names and presents a cruder appearance.
Comments Off Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Berlin, Pennsylvania in 1905, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania in 1902, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off Beaver, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Beaver, Pennsylvania in 1900, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area.
Comments Off Aero View of Bangor, Pennsylvania
Panoramic bird’s-eye view of Bangor, Pennsylvania in 1918, showing buildings, streets, and surrounding area. Prominent buildings and business directory surround the image.
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